Read more John Yoo stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14483/john-yoo.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:52:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65366/yoo-fights-back-on-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe embattled Bush administration lawyer who drafted memos justifying waterboarding and warrantless wiretaps is fighting back as his role comes under greater scrutiny, the Washington Post reports. John Yoo, now a University of California law professor, has been giving speeches around the country defending the tactics and his view that...http://www.newser.com/story/65366/yoo-fights-back-on-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 7:13:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65273/bush-considered-deploying-military-for-us-terror-arrests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Bush seriously considered deploying the military to arrest terror suspects in a Buffalo suburb in 2002, former Bush administration officials tell the New York Times . Dick Cheney was in favor of the almost unprecedented deployment of troops on American soil, the officials say, while Condoleezza Rice and others were...http://www.newser.com/story/65273/bush-considered-deploying-military-for-us-terror-arrests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 5:02:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65135/pranksters-crash-lecture-by-torture-memo-writer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf ex-Justice Department hand John Yoo thought he could fade into obscurity after writing infamous memos justifying the government’s use of torture and warrantless wiretapping, he was wrong. An Australian comedian crashed his class at Chapman University School of Law in California last week, dressed up like a detainee from...http://www.newser.com/story/65135/pranksters-crash-lecture-by-torture-memo-writer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 12:08:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64511/yoo-wiretaps-were-legal-and-necessary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast week the inspectors general of the Justice Department, CIA, and other agencies suggested the Bush administration violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, singling out lawyer John Yoo for memos justifying warrantless wiretapping. Yoo defends himself today in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, writing that FISA was "an obsolete law"...http://www.newser.com/story/64511/yoo-wiretaps-were-legal-and-necessary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 7:24:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64126/wiretap-program-had-limited-value-fed-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush administration's warrantless wiretap program wasn't such a great anti-terror tool after all, says a new federal report. The wiretaps—on the international communication of Americans—"generally played a limited role" in counterterrorism efforts, despite the assertions of President Bush, Dick Cheney, and other top officials that they were...http://www.newser.com/story/64126/wiretap-program-had-limited-value-fed-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 8:15:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64105/wiretapping-memos-drafted-in-inappropriate-secrecy-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe legal justification for the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program was handled with unprecedented secrecy that sidestepped usual Justice Department procedure, the Washington Post reports. Only three Justice officials—John Ashcroft, John Yoo, and staff attorney James Baker—were made aware of the program and participated in drafting memos that...http://www.newser.com/story/64105/wiretapping-memos-drafted-in-inappropriate-secrecy-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 16:59:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61817/terrorist-can-sue-over-torture-memos-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture, ruled a federal judge who said he was trying to balance a clash between war and the defense of personal freedoms. The order by judge Jeffrey White of San...http://www.newser.com/story/61817/terrorist-can-sue-over-torture-memos-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 13 Jun 2009 17:10:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58269/bush-lawyers-face-calls-for-dismissal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department has signaled it won't prosecute the Bush administration lawyers who approved interrogation tactics widely considered to be torture, but they may have trouble keeping their jobs. A forthcoming report from the DoJ will recommend possible disciplinary action by state bar associations for the Bush lawyers, sources tell...http://www.newser.com/story/58269/bush-lawyers-face-calls-for-dismissal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 7:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58153/bush-lawyers-unlikely-to-face-criminal-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush lawyers who gave their blessing to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques should not face criminal charges, a Justice Department report has concluded. The report does, however, say that Jay Bybee, John Yoo, and Steven Bradbury showed poor judgment and suggests that state bar associations consider reprimands and...http://www.newser.com/story/58153/bush-lawyers-unlikely-to-face-criminal-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 18:56:20 CDT